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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s ties to Louis Farrakhan resurface: ‘Divisive and hateful rhetoric’

New York Post 24 Mar 2025
Baraka is the son of Amiri Baraka, who was named New Jersey’s poet laureate September 2002 ... The poem prompted calls for Amiri Baraka’s ouster as New Jersey’s poet laureate, including by then-Gov.
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"It's Really Embarrassing!" Kate Mara Reveals the Animalistic Method She Used to Find Her Character ...

Collider 23 Mar 2025
Amiri Baraka's 1964 play, Dutchman, was an integral artistic work that inspired the Black Arts ...
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As Trump-fueled chaos churns, Ras Baraka offers Democrats a progressive choice | Opinion

Daily Journal - Vineland 12 Mar 2025
Most of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s rivals for the Democratic Party nomination for governor have moved cautiously in their party's center-left lane ... Then Baraka, the son of legendary poet Amiri Baraka, resorted to metaphor.
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11 Years After 'House of Cards,' Kate Mara Is Still Freaked Out by the Subway

Jezebel 10 Mar 2025
Mara spoke to Jezebel on the red carpet for The Dutchman, which is a psychological thriller based on the famed 1964 play by Amiri Baraka ... Director Andre Gaines expands and updates the world Baraka ...
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7 Films (and 1 TV Series) We Can't Wait to See at SXSW 2025

Rotten Tomatoes 07 Mar 2025
(Photo by ©A24) ... It’s an adaptation of a 1964 play by Amiri Baraka, which was initially turned into a 1967 feature starring Al Freeman Jr., and we are interested to see how director Andre Gaines updates the premise for modern audiences ... ....
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With three films at the festival, Kate Mara is this year’s unofficial queen of SXSW

The Los Angeles Times 07 Mar 2025
In the bold adaptation of Amiri Baraka’s landmark 1964 play “The Dutchman,” directed and co-written by Andre Gaines, Mara plays Lula, a seductive, aggressive woman who inserts herself into the life of ...
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